diff --git a/applier.go b/applier.go
index 29a31a9..19cedca 100644
--- a/applier.go
+++ b/applier.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bluekeyes/go-gitdiff/gitdiff"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 )
 
 // DefaultCommitMessage is the commit message used when no message is provided
diff --git a/applier_test.go b/applier_test.go
index 717859e..b982358 100644
--- a/applier_test.go
+++ b/applier_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/bluekeyes/go-gitdiff/gitdiff"
 	"github.com/bluekeyes/patch2pr/internal"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/shurcooL/githubv4"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/patch2pr/main.go b/cmd/patch2pr/main.go
index 1fab2af..2d1ae38 100644
--- a/cmd/patch2pr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/patch2pr/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bluekeyes/go-gitdiff/gitdiff"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 
 	"github.com/bluekeyes/patch2pr"
 	"github.com/bluekeyes/patch2pr/internal"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7875ebb..1ae6acc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.24.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/bluekeyes/go-gitdiff v0.8.1
-	github.com/google/go-github/v79 v79.0.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v81 v81.0.0
 	github.com/shurcooL/githubv4 v0.0.0-20210922025249-6831e00d857f
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f06f29e..f9ca355 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ github.com/bluekeyes/go-gitdiff v0.8.1/go.mod h1:WWAk1Mc6EgWarCrPFO+xeYlujPu98Vu
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
-github.com/google/go-github/v79 v79.0.0 h1:MdodQojuFPBhmtwHiBcIGLw/e/wei2PvFX9ndxK0X4Y=
-github.com/google/go-github/v79 v79.0.0/go.mod h1:OAFbNhq7fQwohojb06iIIQAB9CBGYLq999myfUFnrS4=
+github.com/google/go-github/v81 v81.0.0 h1:hTLugQRxSLD1Yei18fk4A5eYjOGLUBKAl/VCqOfFkZc=
+github.com/google/go-github/v81 v81.0.0/go.mod h1:upyjaybucIbBIuxgJS7YLOZGziyvvJ92WX6WEBNE3sM=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
 github.com/shurcooL/githubv4 v0.0.0-20210922025249-6831e00d857f h1:q4b8/GCL8Ksl+okhFKSd8DVBQNc0XExjxTO68nK0c3Y=
diff --git a/graphql_applier.go b/graphql_applier.go
index f99b7b8..e0004e2 100644
--- a/graphql_applier.go
+++ b/graphql_applier.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/bluekeyes/go-gitdiff/gitdiff"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/shurcooL/githubv4"
 )
 
diff --git a/reference.go b/reference.go
index ec6c16b..583fc47 100644
--- a/reference.go
+++ b/reference.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 )
 
 // Reference is a named reference in a repository.